Results of Raster and LiDAR Data Challenges Discussed

Recall, LizardTech has recently conducted extensive research on the challenges that are faced by users of raster and LiDAR data. After conducting research and surveys, the company has published a detailed white paper and made it available to the community. Additionally, LizardTech has also started a series of articles touching on the topic – these articles will be rolled out over the coming weeks on their official blog.

About the report: “This is a White Paper/Survey Results Report that discusses the challenges GIS professionals are facing when dealing with raster imagery and LiDAR data. We did a survey at Esri asking Raster and LiDAR types of questions and then followed up with additional outreach post show to come up with this report.”

From the report: High cost of acquisition heads the list as the largest pain point related to raster data. Although costs have come down, and creative financing through multi-agency cooperatives and public-private partnerships help make projects feasible, financial constraints continue to be an issue for 38% of our respondents.